Director Anil Sharma has extended a warm welcome to actress Ayesha Jhulka on the set of his upcoming film Genius.

Anil on Thursday also welcomed veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty and actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui on board the film. "Warm welcome Ayesha Jhulka in family of 'Genius', Mithun da, Nawaz and introducing Utkarsh along with new pretty girl. Introducing Ishita. Will post her photograph soon," he tweeted.

Genius stars Anil's son Utkarsh, who had featured as a child actor in the 2001 film "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha". The film stars Sunny Deol and Amisha Patel.

Genius is reportedly said to be the story of a witty youngster whose experiments can change the way we look at science and is slated to release next year.